Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), M, Mesomēdes, Metella

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Metella

Caecilia.

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The daughter of L. Metellus Dalmaticus, consul B.C. 119. She was first married to M. Aemilius Scaurus, consul in 115, and afterwards to the dictator Sulla , who avenged upon Athens an affront put upon her by the Athenians (Sulla, 6, 13, 22, 35). She fell ill in 81, during the celebration of Sulla 's triumphal

Tomb of Caecilia Metella, on the Appian Way.

feast; and as her recovery was hopeless, Sulla for religious reasons sent her a bill of divorce, and had her removed from his house, but honoured her memory with a splendid funeral.

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The daughter of Metellus Creticus, and daughter-in-law of Crassus, the triumvir. In her memory, the magnificent tomb on the Appian Way was erected.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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